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Ordination does not only impact the church. I have many non-Adventists in my extended family, and they really appreciate the authority of an ordained pastor. When I did the marriage ceremony for my cousin, hundreds of people heard the Adventist message for the first time. My ordination gave me a wonderful opportunity to witness to them.

When I moved to Holland I chose to remain faithful to my upbringing. I kept going to church. This was an easy choice for me. Through the years many leaders have inspired me to keep building up God church with my talents. I would love to be such a leader for future young people.

Whenever people talk about God invariably one of two aspects tend to come up; his love or his judgment. It is however impossible to separate these aspects of God, and so where judgement and love meet, we find justice.
Ordination of women is not only a matter of equity, but an issue of justice. And I serve a God of justice, for where there is justice there is unity, and where there is unity there is love. When men and women work together we portray love, and in doing so reflect the image God had for man in Genesis 1.

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